ABSTRACT
Research in cultural geography uses a range of modalities to tease apart the entangled, embodied and heterogeneous relationships that are fundamental to the constitution of place, identity and subjectivity. This chapter considers how such modalities are shaped by and expressed through the geographies of art and music and their role in human health in two ways. It provides a brief overview of recent work on the geographies of therapeutic art practices and their role in promoting an individual sense of health and well-being. The chapter also considers the role of music-making in the creation of a collective sense of belonging to place. Through a concise summary of work in this field to date, it identifies the historical trajectory of this field of research and recent contributions and identify prospects for the future. Boyd (2017) explored the non-representational geographies of therapeutic art-making using performative research methods.
